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* NationalAnimalStereotypes: A literal Russian Bear.
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* BladeOnAStick: Wields a red spear that has hourglass designs.

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!!Darkstar

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!!Darkstar!!Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna (Krylova) / Ланья Сергеевна Петровна (Крылова) / Darkstar



!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna (Krylova)



!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #4 (November, 1982)

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!!!'''Nationality:''' Belarussian, Russian, Soviet
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #4 (November, 1982)
''[[ComicBook/Champions1975 Champions]]'' #7 (May, 1976)



* CameBackWrong: Was one of the many deceased mutants who was resurrected by Selene using the transmode virus during the ''Necrosha'' event and used to attack Utopia. Selene's defeat returned Darkstar and most of the other resurrected mutants to rest.



* HeelFaceTurn: When initially introduced, she was part of a team sent to bring Black Widow back to the Soviet Union. Instead, she switched sides and joined the Champions instead.



!!Crimson Dynamo V

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!!Crimson !!Dimitri Bukharin / Crimson Dynamo V



!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Dmitri Bukharin



!!!'''Nationality:''' Russian, Soviet
!!!'''Species:''' Human



!!Vanguard

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!!Vanguard!!Nikolai Sergeievich Krylenko / Vanguard



!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Nikolai Sergeievich Krylenko



!!!'''Nationality:''' Belarussian, Russian, Soviet
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant



!!Ursa Major

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!!Ursa !!Mikhail Uriokovich Ursus / Ursa Major



!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Mikhail Uriokovich Ursus



!!!'''Nationality:''' Russian, Soviet
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant



!!Vostok

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!!Vostok!!Anatoly / Vostok



!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Anatoly (last name unrevealed)



!!!'''Nationality:''' Russian
!!!'''Species:''' Synthezoid






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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Unknown

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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Unknown!!!'''Nationality:''' Russian
!!!'''Species:''' Human



!!Red Guardian / Alexei Shostakov

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!!Red Guardian !!Alexei Alanovich Shostakov / Alexei ShostakovАлексей Шостаков / Red Guardian



!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Alexei Alanovich Shostakov | Алексей Шостаков
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Alexi Shostakov

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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Alexei Alanovich Shostakov | Алексей Шостаков
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Alexi ShostakovRonin
!!!'''Nationality:''' Russian
!!!'''Species:''' Human
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* RapunzelHair: Reaches her waist.
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* BadassBeard: Returns with a full beard in his most recent appearances and to coincide with the RetCanon for the ''Black Widow'' movie.
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* BadassBeard: Something that hasn't changed since his debut is that he has a bushy beard.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite the codename and using the Darkforce, she's usually one of the nicer members on her team.



* MostCommonSuperpower: As her bodysuit shows.
* RapunzelHair: Reaches her waist.



* SlashedThroat: [[spoiler:Red Widow kills him this way after his purpose with the Agents of Wakanda is fulfilled.]]



* CastingAShadow: As a god of darkness, merging with shadows is easy for him.



* SlasherSmile: Constantly since with one.



* BadassBeard: Something that hasn't changed since his debut is that he has a bushy beard.



* AmbiguouslyHuman: Yelena isn't sure if she really is human and considers her different from every other Red Room graduate she has seen.



* ColorCharacter: ''Red'' Widow.

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* ColorCharacter: ''Red'' Widow. Her entire outfit is red.

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* LegacyCharacter: She had at least two successors as Darkstar before she returned to life.



!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #109

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!!!'''First Appearance''' Appearance:''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #109



!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Iron Man'' #109 (April, 1978)

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!!!'''First Appearance''' Appearance:''' ''Iron Man'' #109 (April, 1978)



!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Incredible Hulk'' #250 (August, 1980)

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!!!'''First Appearance''' Appearance:''' ''Incredible Hulk'' #250 (August, 1980)



!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Captain America'' #352 (April, 1989)

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!!!'''First Appearance''' Appearance:''' ''Captain America'' #352 (April, 1989)



!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Incredible Hulks'' #621 (January, 2011)

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!!!'''First Appearance''' Appearance:''' ''Incredible Hulks'' #621 (January, 2011)2011)
Chernobog the Black was the Slavic god of chaos, night, and darkness, and one of the "evil soldiers" in the war between good and evil fought among the Russian gods.
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* GodOfEvil: It's literally one of his titles.
* MeaningfulName: "Chernobog" means Black God in English.
* NotQuiteDead: He and Perun were apparently killed by Gorr the God Butcher in 893 AD at the Neva River, but both came back through various circumstances.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Perun.
* UnexplainedRecovery: How he recovered from being overloaded by the Hulk's gamma energy hasn't been explained.


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* NotQuiteDead: He and Chernobog were apparently killed by Gorr the God Butcher in 893 AD at the Neva River, but both came back through various circumstances.
* SharingABody: Perun ended up sealed within an amulet and forced to share body with a Russian agent named Valeri Soyloyev.
* ShockAndAwe: He's the Slavic god of thunder.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He and Chernobog don't like each other. Considering they're gods from opposing factions, it was hardly unexpected.

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[[folder:Vanguard]]
!!Vanguard
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Nikolai Sergeievich Krylenko
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Krylov, Red Guardian
!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Iron Man'' #109 (April, 1978)

Brother of the first Darkstar and son of The Presence. He is a powerful mutant with the ability to repel any force directed at him, be it electromagnetic, kinetic, or gravitational.
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* BrotherSisterTeam: With his twin sister Laynia Petrovna/Darkstar.
* CaptainPatriotic: Like the Red Guardian, Vanguard is the Russian equivalent of Captain America.
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!!!'''First Appearance''' Incredible Hulk #250 (August, 1980)

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!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Great Beast, Great Bear
!!!'''First Appearance''' Incredible Hulk ''Incredible Hulk'' #250 (August, 1980)1980)

Ursa Major is a Russian mutant that transforms into a giant bear. He becomes a valuable member of the Soviet Super Soldiers and later of the Winter Guard.



* {{Mutant}}: He's one of the few natural-born mutants among the Winter Guard.

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* {{Mutant}}: He's one of the few a natural-born mutants among the Winter Guard.mutant like Vanguard and Darkstar.




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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Anatoly (last name unrevealed)
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Sputnik
!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Captain America'' #352 (April, 1989)
Vostok formerly known as Sputnik is an original member of the Supreme Soviets that has the ability to manipulate mechanical systems.
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* MeaningfulRename: Changed his name from Sputnik (the first unmanned Soviet space mission) to Vostok (first manned Soviet mission) to reflect his growing humanity.




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!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Chernobog the Black
!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Incredible Hulks'' #621 (January, 2011)




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!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Storm Lord, "Lord of the Storm"; Pyarun, Piorun, Pērkons, Perkūnas, Perkele, Valeri Soyloyev
!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Captain America'' #352 (April, 1989)






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* BrotherSisterTeam: With her twin brother Nikolai Krylenko/Vanguard.




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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Mikhail Uriokovich Ursus
!!!'''First Appearance''' Incredible Hulk #250 (August, 1980)
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* TheAlcoholic: Ursa Major has recently developed a problem with alcohol, which makes him more aggressive and have a tendency to get into fights.
* {{Animorphism}}: He's a mutant who can turn into a bear within 10 seconds, while keeping his human intellect.
* BearsAreBadNews: When you can turn into a huge Siberian bear, yes, they are bad news.
* HuskyRusskie: Even in human form he's huge and burly.
* {{Mutant}}: He's one of the few natural-born mutants among the Winter Guard.




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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Unknown
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Avengers'' (Vol. 8) #10 (November, 2018)


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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:She-Hulk rips off her right arm in her initial rampage as Winter She-Hulk.]]
* BladeOnAStick: Wields a red spear that has hourglass designs.
* ChildSoldiers: She was a homeless girl taken by the Red Room to become a Widow when she was seven.
* ColorCharacter: ''Red'' Widow.
* EnigmaticMinion: She's nominally the liaison between the Guard and the Red Room, but her true objectives are unknown.
* TheFaceless: She hasn't been fully seen without the mask so far. Only after She-Hulk beats her up that part of her face is finally seen.
* FacialMarkings: When her mask is broken, it shows she has a teardrop and a hammer-and-sickle tattoos around her left eye.
* HiddenDepths: Red Widow's usual post-mission routine includes a hot milk bath and caviar.
* InTheHood: Besides the mask she also wears a red hood.
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!!White Widow

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!!White Widow
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!!Darkstar
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna (Krylova)
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #4 (November, 1982)

The first Darkstar, Laynia Petrovna is a mutant capable of manipulating an immeasurable amount of darkforce energy. She lived and died in service to her mother country Russia, but was later resurrected in the body of the previous Darkstar, Reena Stancioff, when Reena was transformed into a Dire Wraith.



-> See Characters/BlackWidowTitleCharacter



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!!Red Guardian
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Alexei Alanovich Shostakov | Алексей Шостаков
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Alexi Shostakov
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #43 (August 1967)

Alexei Shostakov is a Russian patriotic hero and the second man to assume the Red Guardian mantle. He was married to the Russian spy Black Widow and was assumed dead for years. Having faked his death, he returned and now uses the code-name Ronin.

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!!Red Guardian
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!!Crimson Dynamo V
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Alexei Alanovich Shostakov | Алексей Шостаков
Dmitri Bukharin
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Alexi Shostakov
Airstrike
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #43 (August 1967)

Alexei Shostakov is
Appearance''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #109

->''"The Crimson Dynamo knows Iron Man, and you--brought down so easily--are '''no''' Iron Man."''

The most famous (and competent) Crimson Dynamo, and certainly the longest running, Dmitri Bukharin was
a Soviet superhero, rather than a supervillain. He frequently clashed with Tony Stark, as a member of first the Supreme Soviets, then the People's Protectorate, and in the process built up a strong respect for his enemy. Following the collapse of the USSR, Dmitri joined a new Russian patriotic hero and team of superheroes (the Winter Guard) as Airstrike, though he continues to use the second man to assume the Red Guardian mantle. He was married to the Russian spy Black Widow and was assumed dead for years. Having faked his death, he returned and now uses the code-name Ronin.Crimson Dynamo armour as well.



* BadassBeard: Returns with a full beard in his most recent appearances and to coincide with the RetCanon for the ''Black Widow'' movie.
* CaptainPatriotic: As expected from the Russian equivalent of Captain America.
* ColorCharacter: ''Red'' Guardian, a color that's heavily associated with the Soviet Union.
* LegacyCharacter: He's the second person to become the Red Guardian and the third to become Ronin.

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* BadassBeard: Returns with a full beard in his most recent appearances and to coincide with the RetCanon for the ''Black Widow'' movie.
* CaptainPatriotic: As expected from the Russian equivalent of Captain America.
* ColorCharacter: ''Red'' Guardian, a color that's heavily associated with the Soviet Union.
* LegacyCharacter: He's the second person to become the Red Guardian and the third to become Ronin.
-> See Characters/IronManCentralRoguesGallery



[[folder:Darkstar]]
!!Darkstar
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna (Krylova)
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #4 (November, 1982)

The first Darkstar, Laynia Petrovna is a mutant capable of manipulating an immeasurable amount of darkforce energy. She lived and died in service to her mother country Russia, but was later resurrected in the body of the previous Darkstar, Reena Stancioff, when Reena was transformed into a Dire Wraith.
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!!Darkstar
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna (Krylova)
%%!!!'''Notable Aliases:'''
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #4 (November, 1982)

The first Darkstar, Laynia Petrovna is a mutant capable of manipulating an immeasurable amount of darkforce energy. She lived and died in service to her mother country Russia, but was later resurrected in the body of the previous Darkstar, Reena Stancioff, when Reena was transformed into a Dire Wraith.
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!!Ursa Major



[[folder:Crimson Dynamo]]
!!Crimson Dynamo V
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[[caption-width-right:350:Bukharin as Crimson Dynamo V]]
!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Dmitri Bukharin
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Airstrike
!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #109

->''"The Crimson Dynamo knows Iron Man, and you--brought down so easily--are '''no''' Iron Man."''

The most famous (and competent) Crimson Dynamo, and certainly the longest running, Dmitri Bukharin was a Soviet superhero, rather than a supervillain. He frequently clashed with Tony Stark, as a member of first the Supreme Soviets, then the People's Protectorate, and in the process built up a strong respect for his enemy. Following the collapse of the USSR, Dmitri joined a new Russian team of superheroes (the Winter Guard) as Airstrike, though he continues to use the Crimson Dynamo armour as well.
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!!Crimson Dynamo V
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[[caption-width-right:350:Bukharin as Crimson Dynamo V]]
!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Dmitri Bukharin
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Airstrike
!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #109

->''"The Crimson Dynamo knows Iron Man, and you--brought down so easily--are '''no''' Iron Man."''

The most famous (and competent) Crimson Dynamo, and certainly the longest running, Dmitri Bukharin was a Soviet superhero, rather than a supervillain. He frequently clashed with Tony Stark, as a member of first the Supreme Soviets, then the People's Protectorate, and in the process built up a strong respect for his enemy. Following the collapse of the USSR, Dmitri joined a new Russian team of superheroes (the Winter Guard) as Airstrike, though he continues to use the Crimson Dynamo armour as well.
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-> See Characters/IronManCentralRoguesGallery
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!!Vostok



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!!Ursa Major

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!!Vostok

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!!Vostok
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!!Perun



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!!Chernobog

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!!Chernobog
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!!Red Widow




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!!White Widow / Yelena Belova

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!!Red Widow

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Guardian]]
!!Red Widow
Guardian / Alexei Shostakov
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Alexei Alanovich Shostakov | Алексей Шостаков
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Alexi Shostakov
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #43 (August 1967)

Alexei Shostakov is a Russian patriotic hero and the second man to assume the Red Guardian mantle. He was married to the Russian spy Black Widow and was assumed dead for years. Having faked his death, he returned and now uses the code-name Ronin.
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* BadassBeard: Returns with a full beard in his most recent appearances and to coincide with the RetCanon for the ''Black Widow'' movie.
* CaptainPatriotic: As expected from the Russian equivalent of Captain America.
* ColorCharacter: ''Red'' Guardian, a color that's heavily associated with the Soviet Union.
* LegacyCharacter: He's the second person to become the Red Guardian and the third to become Ronin.
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[[folder:Crimson Dynamo]]
!!Crimson Dynamo V
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[[caption-width-right:350:Bukharin as Crimson Dynamo V]]
!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Dmitri Bukharin
!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Airstrike
!!!'''First Appearance''' ''Iron Man'' (Vol 1) #109

->''"The Crimson Dynamo knows Iron Man, and you--brought down so easily--are '''no''' Iron Man."''

The most famous (and competent) Crimson Dynamo, and certainly the longest running, Dmitri Bukharin was a Soviet superhero, rather than a supervillain. He frequently clashed with Tony Stark, as a member of first the Supreme Soviets, then the People's Protectorate, and in the process built up a strong respect for his enemy. Following the collapse of the USSR, Dmitri joined a new Russian team of superheroes (the Winter Guard) as Airstrike, though he continues to use the Crimson Dynamo armour as well.
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-> See Characters/IronManCentralRoguesGallery
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[[folder:Ursa Major]]
!!Ursa Major

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!!Vostok

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!!Chernobog

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!!Perun

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!!Red Widow

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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Alexei Alanovich Shostakov | Алексей Шостаков
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Alexi Shostakov
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #43 (August 1967)

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!!! '''Alter !!!'''Alter Ego:''' Alexei Alanovich Shostakov | Алексей Шостаков
!!! '''Notable !!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Alexi Shostakov
!!! '''First !!!'''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #43 (August 1967)


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!!Darkstar
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!!!'''Alter Ego:''' Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna (Krylova)
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!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #4 (November, 1982)

The first Darkstar, Laynia Petrovna is a mutant capable of manipulating an immeasurable amount of darkforce energy. She lived and died in service to her mother country Russia, but was later resurrected in the body of the previous Darkstar, Reena Stancioff, when Reena was transformed into a Dire Wraith.
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!!Winter Guard

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!!White Widow

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!!Red Guardian
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!!! '''Alter Ego:''' Alexei Alanovich Shostakov | Алексей Шостаков
!!! '''Notable Aliases:''' Alexi Shostakov
!!! '''First Appearance:''' ''The Avengers'' #43 (August 1967)

Alexei Shostakov is a Russian patriotic hero and the second man to assume the Red Guardian mantle. He was married to the Russian spy Black Widow and was assumed dead for years. Having faked his death, he returned and now uses the code-name Ronin.
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* BadassBeard: Returns with a full beard in his most recent appearances and to coincide with the RetCanon for the ''Black Widow'' movie.
* CaptainPatriotic: As expected from the Russian equivalent of Captain America.
* ColorCharacter: ''Red'' Guardian, a color that's heavily associated with the Soviet Union.
* LegacyCharacter: He's the second person to become the Red Guardian and the third to become Ronin.
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